Publishing Courses to an LMS

Courses with assessment sections can be tracked using a Learning Management System (LMS). When you publish to an LMS, the application leverages the Package Exchange Notification Services (PENS) standard to support the transfer of published content to the LMS.

Tracking functionality includes the collection, receipt, and update notifications which display in the LMS Transactions area on the content cover page.

You must be a system administrator, project administrator, or publishing administrator to add, enable, or disable an LMS instance within the Server.

Adding a New LMS

NOTE:

If you plan to publish courses to the uLearn LMS, ensure that anonymous access is enabled for the project. For more information, refer to Specifying Project Settings.

Click Administration on the left menu of the Server workspace.

Click Server Administration in the Administration area.

Click LMS Settings in the Server Administration area.

Click New LMS on the left menu.

Complete the following fields:

Field

Description

Name

Enter a name for the LMS.

Description

Enter a description for the LMS.

URL

Enter the website address of the LMS (For example: http://acme.uLearn.com).

URL Encoding

Select the URL encoding format from the dropdown list.

Authentication Required

Click the checkbox if you want to require authentication.

Login

If authentication is required, enter the login name associated with the LMS.

Password

If authentication is required, enter the password associated with the LMS.

Password Confirmation

Confirm the password.

Track Alerts

Select Yes if you want to track alerts for collect, receipt, and update messages to the Server.

Active Server

Select Yes to enable communication with the LMS.

Select No to disable communication with the LMS.

E-Mail Address

Enter the email address where you can receive alert notifications.

Click Save.

Modifying LMS Properties

Click Administration on the left menu of the Server workspace.

Click Server Administration in the Administration area.

Click LMS Settings in the System Administration area.

Click on the name of the LMS you want to modify.

Click Edit Properties on the left menu.

As required, edit the following fields:

Field

Description

Name

Enter a name for the LMS.

Description

Enter a description for the LMS.

URL

Enter the website address of the LMS (For example: http://acme.uLearn.com).

URL Encoding

Select the URL encoding format from the drop-down list.

Authentication Required

Click the checkbox if you want to require authentication.

Login

If authentication is required, enter the login name associated with the LMS.

Password

If authentication is required, enter the password associated with the LMS.

Password Confirmation

Confirm the password.

Track Alerts

Select Yes if you want to track alerts for collect, receipt, and update messages to the Server.

Active Server

Select Yes to enable communication with the LMS. Select No to disable communication with the LMS.

E-Mail Address

Enter the email address where you can receive alert notifications.

Click Save.

Assigning Projects to an LMS

NOTE:

Publishing any course from a project to which an LMS is assigned will result in PENS notifications being sent to all LMSs associated with that project.

Click Administration on the left menu of the Server workspace.

Click Server Administration in the Administration area.

Click LMS Settings in the System Administration area.

Click on the name of the LMS to be assigned to a project.

Click Assigned Projects on the left menu.

Click the checkbox next to the name of the project(s) to be assigned to the LMS.

Click Save.

Unassigning Projects from an LMS

Click Administration on the left menu of the Server workspace.

Click Server Administration in the Administration area.

Click LMS Settings in the System Administration area.

Click on the name of the LMS to be assigned to a project.

Click Assigned Projects on the left menu.

Deselect the checkbox next to the name of the project(s) to unassign from the LMS.

Click Save.

Enabling or Disabling an LMS

NOTE:

Enabling an LMS starts communication between the LMS and the Server. Disabling an LMS stops communication between the LMS and the Server. Disabling does not remove content already transmitted to the LMS. Communication history is still available in the LMS Transactions area of the project cover page.